About Tufts

Tufts is a leader in American higher education, distinctive for its success as a moderately sized university that excels at research and providing students with a personal experience. Our unique combination of research and liberal arts attracts students, faculty and staff who thrive in our environment of curiosity, creativity and engagement.

Mission, Vision & Themes

University Leadership

Tufts at a Glance

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Libraries

Tufts' libraries across all campuses provide essential resources, information and technology to support your studies, scholarship and research.

Tisch Library

Ginn Library (The Fletcher School)

Hirsh Health Sciences Library

Webster Family Library (Veterinary)

W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library (SMFA)

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Careers

As a Tufts employee, you become part of a community of hard-working, intellectually curious and creative individuals. We offer a wide range of employment opportunities and resources to support Tufts’ diverse academic environment

Jobs at Tufts

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Human Resources

Benefits

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Brighter World The Campaign for Tufts

UPDATE: Resources and information on COVID-19 testing and more.

Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

Pitching in to Create a New Kind of Safe Mask

Tufts engineering student and medical school alum were part of a bicoastal effort to repurpose snorkeling diving masks for emergency and OR docs

China

Inkjet Printing “Impossible Materials”

Engineers make metamaterials that manipulate microwave energy in ways conventional materials cannot
Taking on Harmful Cells That Contribute to Age-Related Diseases

A Tufts scientist is testing senolytics to counter senescent cells that promote afflictions like arthritis and Parkinson's disease
Scientists Make Powerful Underwater Glue Inspired by Barnacles and Mussels

Silk proteins formed fibers, crosslinks, and iron complexes similar to those used by the sea creatures
Bringing Tech and Play to Classrooms Globally

Tufts experts collaborate on an initiative to further STEAM education capacity in Brazilian, Kenyan, and Rwandan schools

Spotlights

Kaplan Lab

Focuses on biopolymer engineering to understand structure-function relationships, with emphasis on studies related to self-assembly, biomaterials engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)

Currently under construction, the new complex will be an integrated teaching and research center on the Medford/Somerville campus featuring state-of-the-art laboratories for undergraduate and graduate students.
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
USAID One Health Workforce Emerging Pandemic Threats 2 Program

An international partnership of universities focused on strengthening global workforce development against emerging pandemic threats.
Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT)

Established to promote innovative collaborations in the humanities and arts. Encourages conversation and debate that reach beyond the traditional borders of a given discipline.
Bridge Professorships

Encouraging the recruitment of interdisciplinary faculty whose teaching and research are relevant to multiple academic units.